Vigil@nce - Docker Engine: privilege escalation via Chroot Nsswitch
September 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Docker CE, openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: privileged access/rights, user access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 26/07/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Chroot Nsswitch of Docker
Engine, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Docker-Engine-privilege-escalation-via-Chroot-Nsswitch-29894